"A Texas Cowboy" was one of the first true looks into life as a cowboy.
When legendary Charlie Siringo wrote this classic work, he was only thirty years old and had already spent half that life as a cowboy.
There being no opening in the building except the door, Garrett and Lee Hall crawled up to the end wall so they could watch the door from around the corner, while the rest of us concealed ourselves behind knolls, etc.
My boyhood days -- My introduction to the late war -- My first lesson in cow punching -- My second experience in St. Louis -- A new experience -- Adopted...
It was the first the first time a real Texas cowboy had told his own story in his own words between the covers of a book. A Texas Cowboy reads like Charlie Siringo telling you his story in person.
This is the story of Charles Siringo. It details the adventures and hardships of what it was like in the old west driving cattle across vast stretches of open land. It is told in the cowboy's own words.
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A Texas Cowboy
"Created from the original book published in 1885."--Cover.
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The book begins with Charles Siringo's account of his early life, as the son of immigrants; his father an Italian and his mother Irish.